Bring on the tuxes

Palermo’s Fizzz, Steak and
Lobster House, 1746 Marine
Dr., West Vancouver. 926-7891.
Visa, MasterCard and American
Express accepted. Open every-
day for dinner. Take the kids

oc call a babysitter? Take the
kids.

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TABLE HOPPING

ITH TUXEDOS at

the dry cleaner’s,

Table Hopping
staff luad up the company
limousine for a trip below
the sait.

Why not some place where ties
are not mandatory? callers to the
Table Hopping hot line ask. Some
place where real folks eat.

Like Palermo’s, one suggests.

And open to suggestions we are.
Though sometimes, staff resear-

. chers wonder why.

Palermo’s Occupies a place in

the heritage inventory of North
- Shore restaurants. :

It harkens back to a time when
nizza, ribs and steak were the
apex of local restaurant cuisine,
and it continues to service niany
hardy survivors from that era.

Representing restaurants past,
Palermo’s sits directly across the
street from restaurants future:
Salute, an elegant purveyor of fine
Italian foods.

_. To dine at Palermo’s is to be on
that black-and-white train in the
opening scene from Weody
Allen’s Stardust Memories.

in the movie, Allen stares from
his bleak and colorless window
seat at a parallel train full of light,
laughter and celebration, in our
case Salute. .

But certainly all is not black and

- white within Palermo’s.

‘The restaurant's menu itself is
ptinted in four-color exuberance,
and it features a host of cut-rate

_ Cuisine.

A special Super Specials section
includes such items as Rigatoni
with Meat Sauce for $4.50 (Mon-
day, Tuesday, Wednesday) and
Prime Rib for $9.95 (Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday).

Elsewhere is a wide range of
Greco-italian grub: Pasta,
Scallopini, Souvlaki and Pizza.

Entree price range is from about
$7 up to $15.

The allure of such bargains as
Lobster Tai! for $14.95 is great: a
steady stream of patrons flowed
through Palermo’s doors on a re-

WINE {7 SPOTS
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PESCEVINO — 1991. $9.95
aTALY).

Fishwine?” (My italian is rusty
and questionable at best.}

This wine is your basic well-
made bulk white for those occa-
sions when provenance and par-
entage are of less account than
abundance and price. (That covers

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A PALERMO'S PLATE ... Pizza and ribs grace a table at Paier-
mo’s restaurant in West Vancouver.

cent Friday night.

But for Table Hopping those
bargains were elusive.

We started with a pint of chilled
Granville Island lager ($2.50) and a
half litre of Palermo’s House Red
($8.75) from the vestaurant’s spar-
tan wine list.

Entrees of Kalamari ($9.95) and
Paidaka Skaras ($11.75, for broiled
ribs with lemon butter) followed.

The Greek Salads were
reasonably interesting, including
red and green bell peppers, cu-
cumbers and big chunks of feta
cheese.

But the featured items on the
plate were poor.

The Kalamari was almost ined-
ible. it was overcovked in a batter
that tasted like a cross between
sawdust and bran flakes, and the
broiled ribs had little meat and less
flavor,

Our waitress was friendly, but
the service was siow.

Bring on the tuxedos.

TASTY MORSELS
Chez Michel, 1373 Marine Cr.,
West Vancouver, 926-4913

most occasions, doesn’t it?)

Tastes a bit like Velletri, but with
more body and fruit: a perfect
companion for a platter of clams
or mussels,

As for the unique fish-shaped
bottle: a ‘’10" for marketing.

“You're buying this for the
bottle, aren’t you?” the LDB ca-
shier asked sardonically.

"Yes," admitted. ‘The idea
of having a fish regurgitate into my
glass is bizarrely appealing.”

Recycling will not be a problem;
semebody will put dibs on the
battle and take it home to fili with
salad dressing or flowers or make
into a nice table lamp.

— by John Moore

Wednesday, Nov. 25. 1932 - North Shore News - 33

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Verdicchio

ltalian Restaurant

NOW OPEN AT
2042 W. 4th
We deliver the same quali-
ty of traditional superb
Italian cuisine that our
customers have experienced
in the past.

Your hosts, Franco & Sharon
Verdicchio welcome you

LUNCH DINNER
Jues-Fri. 11:30-2:33 Tues-Sun.
Sat. noon-3 5:30-closing

2042 W.4th Ave.

Please phone for reservations

739-7675

SONS ANS
Szechuan &
Singaporean Cuisine

Dear Friends & Customers, fj
Thank you for your generous §
support over the last 3 years. ff
To serve you better, please
note our new hours and

free delivery service.

Mon.-Sat. 11:00am-9:30pm
Sun./Hols. 5:00pm-9:30pm

116 E. 15th St., N. Vancouver 5

(behind TD Bank)
Licensed

Flavour of

In his annual celebration of the
great French tradition of heralding
in the arrival of the year’s Beau-
jolais Nouveau, Michel Segur is
currently featuring a special selec-
tion of Beaujolais Nouveau-friend-
ly entrees ($16.95 and $17.95 for
such items as venison and guail).

(with this ad)

for

2

India

Authentic Gourmet
Cuisine

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And, of course, Segur will be
uncorking his own stock of Beau-
jolais Nouveau, which this year
includes three French varieties
{around $25 per battle).

The 1992 nouveau arrived at
local liquor stores on Nov. 19.

French selections include Beau-
jolais Nouveau- Duboeuf, Beau-
jolais Nouveau-Mommessin, Beau-
jolais Villages Nouveau-Henri de
Villamont and Muscadet
Primeur-Sauvion et Fils.

Now Available at -
The

MON., TUES., WED.
1 FREE DINNER

When a second dinner entree
of equal or lesser va.ue Is purchased.

© Lunch Buffet - $6.95
reg. $8.95, 12:00-2:30
Mon.-Fri

° Excludes beverages
© FULLY LICENSED

© Sunday Buffet
$9.95 p.p. (15 items)
5:00-9.00am

© Dinner from
5-10pm, Mon,-Sat.

Expires Dec, 9/92

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